To quote the lovely email that flopped into my inbox this morning: Hello everyone! Please excuse the intrusion. We have decided to launch phase two of the Tim Smith tribute album – and the lovely Believers Roast label are pleased to announce that The Leader Of The Starry Skies album is to be made available … Continue reading →

Following its Mercury Prize nomination, Led Bib’s fourth album Sensible Shoes garnered an unprecedented amount of critical acclaim from mainstream sources for an artist signed to the ever-reliable (but far from fashionable) Cuneiform label. Whilst I never fully agreed with the hype merchants who hailed them as some kind of hip new saviour of jazz, … Continue reading →